OCTOBER TOPICAL GROUP PRESENTATION

Time (Note: Earlier than usual !!)
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Place (Note: Not at the Wellington, but within minutes of it !!)
Forest View High School
2121 S. Goebbert Road
Arlington Heights, IL
See below abstract for directions.

Title

Solid-Phase Synthesis of Constrained Oligomers:

Pearls of Wisdom about Beads

Speaker
Dr. Jon Zerkowski

Assistant Professor
Loyola University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Biography

B.S., Lehigh, Ph.D., Harvard University, Post Doctoral, M.I.T.,
Assistant Professor at Loyola University of Chicago

Abstract

By exploiting the pseudodilution effect, specific intramolecular constraints can be built into a biopolymer during its stepwise synthesis on an insoluble resin. This talk will survey some recent applications of macrocyclization technology using solid-phase organic chemistry.

Directions

Take Interstate 90 west to Arlington Heights Road North and proceed to Route 62 (Algonquin Road). Turn right and proceed to next stoplight (Goebbert Road). Turn left and proceed several blocks to Forest View High School. The Topical Group presentation will be in the middle wing near the South entrance.